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LostArtist Ex Member	Bike nostalgia 04/02/13 at 18:49:00 feeling nostalgic for my S40 today, that bike was just my size, my bonneville although a great bike and I love the riding position is still kinda hefty at 500 lbs. The s40, so light, made it feel a lot more nimble, especially in a parking lot. and it was fast enough, no problems there, simple to maintain, even valve checks weren't that bad. sigh . . .
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clearush Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 261 Deer Park,TX Gender:	Re: Bike nostalgia Reply #1 - 04/02/13 at 20:47:34 I have a friend with a bonney and I laugh at him everytime he has it down, he just bent the drive chain tensioner putting the back wheel on. I kind've wish I had one though nice bikes.
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Bike nostalgia Reply #2 - 04/02/13 at 21:21:51 Come spend a couple days rewiring mine, you won't miss it anymore...
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28668 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Bike nostalgia Reply #3 - 04/02/13 at 22:48:54 the good thing about Savages,.. there's 25 years of them out there... You can always come back... That would make you a FFSO... ... (it's been known to happen)...
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LostArtist Ex Member	Re: Bike nostalgia Reply #4 - 04/03/13 at 10:08:06 Serowbot wrote on 04/02/13 at 22:48:54: the good thing about Savages,.. there's 25 years of them out there... You can always come back... That would make you a FFSO... ... (it's been known to happen)... if I had a garage I'd probably already be back
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rfw2003 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1108 Yantis, TX	Re: Bike nostalgia Reply #5 - 04/03/13 at 10:12:33 WD wrote on 04/02/13 at 21:21:51: Come spend a couple days rewiring mine, you won't miss it anymore... The wiring is so simple on the Savage you should be able to completely make a new wiring harness from scratch in 1 day or less. R.F.
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Re: Bike nostalgia
Reply #6 - 04/03/13 at 13:43:57

rfw2003 wrote on 04/03/13 at 10:12:33:

WD wrote on 04/02/13 at 21:21:51:

Come spend a couple days rewiring mine, you won't miss it anymore... Grin

The wiring is so simple on the Savage you should be able to completely make a new wiring harness from scratch in 1 day or less.

R.F.

Naw......Lots of Savages are crashed. Mostly front end amage from running into stuff. Pinwall in Mansfield, OH has lots of good wiring harnesses for sale.

When I get nostalgic.....I go back to my senior year in high school. I would get out of school and drive to Lee's Auto sales in Columbiana, OH. He was a car dealership that just started a Kawasaki dealership. I went there after school and took brand new Kawasaki 900cc Z-1 and 750/500/350/250 H-1 triples out of crates, put them together, fill the oil, fuel and battery......then take them on a test ride! How cool was that for a high school senior!

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Reply #7 - 04/03/13 at 13:54:25

LA, it was hefty at 500lbs? heheh...ya outa try lifting my roadglide after its dropped! Its like 925lbs loaded up....and i'm like 5'10" and weigh only 150lbs... and after radiation and chemo i'm selling it and will probably stick with the little sport bike for a bit.
Although after getting the 2002 LS650 Savage for the wife at such a bargin price ($1300) I might actually look for one myself when I sell the harley because I'll allready know the ins and outs of the Savage. Besides the savage is really lightwieght has plenty of torque and goes fast enough for intersates, why would you need more?

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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Bike nostalgia Reply #8 - 04/04/13 at 04:20:16 Hey Old Rider it's deffinately fast enough for interstates, but I don't think I would want to go cross country at interstate speeds on mine
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Reply #9 - 04/04/13 at 05:16:53

ToesNose wrote on 04/04/13 at 04:20:16:

Hey Old Rider it's deffinately fast enough for interstates, but I don't think I would want to go cross country at interstate speeds on mine Grin

You're kiddin Toes...right? I've done many long distance Interstate runs on a '72 HD SS350 Sprint. Of course that was way back in the era of 55mph speed limits and I was a little younger(maybe 35-40 years ago). Cross Country on a Savage would be a piece of cake Wink

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Reply #10 - 04/04/13 at 05:37:50

ZAR wrote on 04/04/13 at 05:16:53:

ToesNose wrote on 04/04/13 at 04:20:16:

Hey Old Rider it's deffinately fast enough for interstates, but I don't think I would want to go cross country at interstate speeds on mine Grin

You're kiddin Toes...right? I've done many long distance Interstate runs on a '72 HD SS350 Sprint. Of course that was way back in the era of 55mph speed limits and I was a little younger(maybe 35-40 years ago). Cross Country on a Savage would be a piece of cake Wink

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Not quite a piece of cake, but very doable. The longest daily segment was just a little over 500 miles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twd-wvHsKhg

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Re: Bike nostalgia
Reply #12 - 04/04/13 at 10:25:55

rfw2003 wrote on 04/03/13 at 10:12:33:

WD wrote on 04/02/13 at 21:21:51:

Come spend a couple days rewiring mine, you won't miss it anymore... Grin

The wiring is so simple on the Savage you should be able to completely make a new wiring harness from scratch in 1 day or less.

R.F.

No bar switches, everything is being redone to circa 1972 custom specs with toggle switches for the headlight and turn signals, no kill switch, relocated starter button. Starter relay is in the toolbox area of the battery box. Push button through the box top. Hard part is shortening the ganged together power circuits.

Wish it was like the 1963 I'm building, headlight, tail/brake light, coils and points plate, selenium rectifier, 5 wire stator. 10 or 15 wires for the entire bike instead of the cooked spaghetti mess of large and small, circuits to nowhere, colors don't match the diagram Savage.

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Reply #13 - 04/04/13 at 11:47:26

Oh I didn't say it's not doable, I just said I wouldn't want to do it. The thought of pulling a few hundred miles a day riding the LS650 on Interstates doesn't appeal to me in the least, most people doing 10 MPH over the speed limit, OTR truckers and people driveing 50 miles longer then they should have trying to make time....no thanks.

I wouldn't mind hitting up a couple hundred miles a day on country roads stopping at scenic overlooks and points of interst though, just my take on it Wink

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Reply #14 - 04/04/13 at 19:53:36

LostArtist wrote on 04/02/13 at 18:49:00:

feeling nostalgic for my S40 today, that bike was just my size, my bonneville although a great bike and I love the riding position is still kinda hefty at 500 lbs. The s40, so light, made it feel a lot more nimble, especially in a parking lot. and it was fast enough, no problems there, simple to maintain, even valve checks weren't that bad.

sigh . . .

Look, if it bothers you that much I'll trade my '01 with you. Got any idea how much boot you could afford? Grin

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